I have been working on setting up stuff with a Linode for multi streaming similar to what @wendell showed in there video.
My issue is that I can't seem to get OBS to work over an RDP connection to the Linode box. I have already tried commenting on the main thread for the multi stream but since this is linux heavy I thought I would bring it over here.
Running Ubuntu 14.04
Try Xvnc server? We got one of the beefier boxes but we're also messing with ffmpeg to combine streams. We did copy some obs config from our local machine tho.
Iirc you need software gl as well .. do you know if you have that? Run glxinfo ?
Hmm, I thought I had xvnc installed. I have the nginx stuff down and have my configs saved. I might need to wipe and restart to make sure I clean out any dumb things I installed to try and get this to work.
85% sure you need a software gl driver. after that it'll probably work. I forget what its called, use aptitude to search for the software gl driver.. not the nvidia ones.
Awesome, Thanks @wendell. I love learning this stuff! I'll set it all up and get back to you with the results.
mesa perhaps?
mesa -- yes -- glxinfo may have a clue, too. I want to say mesa wants you to pick a gl driver which usually talks to hardware and it doesnt want you to pick the software option because in most cases that's wrong, though.
At OP: glxinfo is part of mesa, to be precise it's provided by the mesa-utils package.
Okay I need a few bits of clarification. So this will be a VNC connection not via RDP correct? In other words I need to get a VNC viewer and not use windows RDP to connect?
Yeah not sure the rdp service works right. Maybe? Try x11vnc first then see if you can get rdp working after obs and Mesa are ok
For the life of me I cannot seem to get this to work. I have been able to get a vnc connection but after I log in and try to open terminal I get a black box with no text or cursor to type in terminal. I have been able to get RDP with Windows to work but again Mesa and GL have issues and OBS wont open.
I am half tempted to just setup my local VM with what I need and test it then upload to Linode. This is becoming stupid real fast. (or at least I am becoming stupid real fast :) )
You using debian as the base? iirc we used debian or ubuntu. We did a bit of magic with ffmpeg ourselves but ended up switching to a dedicated xeon machine
Virtialgl and turbovnc are king if you are talking about what I think you are. Check out their source forge page. It is really easy to install and set up and it works like a dream for my university
Look up virtual gl I think it is the solution you are looking for
So no longer using Linode yourself eh? :P Was the Xeon Machine a cheaper solution? Or other reasons?
For sure. I haven't given up yet and will keep plugging away. Trial and error is A way to learn I suppose :P
Linode is super cheap if you build up and tear down the machine and set it up via script, but the scripting part was a pain when we'd want to make changes. If you have to run the linode 24/7 its too pricey.
run obs from the command line and paste in the error?
I will gladly help you if you need any more help keep me posted :)
